2 [Matt. xii. 40. This history comes to us virtually from the Son of God, who confirms the testimony of His prophet. See the very curious remarks of Edward King in his Morsels of Criticism, vol. i. p. 601, ed. 1788.]

3 Gen. iii. 19.

4 Or, dispensation.

5 From Photius, Bibliotheca, cod. 235.

6 Matt. vii. 6.

7 'Ekklhsi/a.

8 e0kkeklhke/nai.

9 Gen. i. 1.

10 Prov. viii. 22.

11 John i. 1, 2.

12 Ps. xc. 2, 4.

13 Ecclus. i. 2.

14 From the Parallels of St. John Damascene, Opera, tom. ii, p. 778, ed. Lequien.